Phone hacking: James Murdoch denies knowledge of 'for Neville' email

The News International chairman says the full importance of the so-called "for
Neville" email, which suggested that phone hacking at the News of the World
went beyond a single rogue reporter, was not explained to him.

Appearing before the Commons Select Committee for a second time, James Murdoch told MPs he knew nothing of the 'for Neville' email, which contained transcripts from hacked phones.

Tom Crone, former News International lawyer and Colin Myler, former legal chief and last editor of the now defunct News of the World contend that they made Mr Murdoch aware in 2008 that football manager Gordon Taylor had in his possession transcripts of hacked phone conversations that appeared to implicate other journalists.

Murdoch said: "The nature of the 'for Neville' email in so far as it was described as 'for Neville', any evidence or suspicion of wider spread wrong doing, none of this was mentioned to me, including the counsel's opinon that had been sought by them later.

"I want to be very clear that no documents were shown to me or given to me before that meeting."